It used to be that the automatic gearbox was a minority in the UK. Most of the country held the view that you had to “go manual, or go home” and automatics were only for: Elderly drivers who were tired of manual shifting Lazy drivers People who couldn’t pass their driving test in a manual […]
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When your car is more than 3 years old, by law you are required to pass an MOT test to prove that the vehicle is still roadworthy. If you take the MOT and fail, you have to address all the problems that are raised up by the mechanics before you can take the test again […]
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The realm of electric vehicles used to be on the fringes of the wider automotive world. Electric cars were for green-minded crackpots and the ultra rich who happened to have their own charging setup at home and only used their electric vehicles to be seen in town on short-distance errands. The only other use for […]
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One of the biggest things people worry about with their new electric car is the single-charge range of the lithium-ion battery pack. Not only do people worry about the battery running out of juice with no hope of charging in sight during a warm sunny summer’s day, but they fear it even more happening in […]
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A direct-shift gearbox (DSG), also known as a twin-clutch or dual-clutch transmission (DCT) is a unique style of automatic gearbox that is increasingly offered on cars these days, but many are still wondering what it is that makes the DSG gearbox so special? Why is it becoming the top choice of many drivers? We’ll try […]
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Regular servicing on your car in general is the key to keeping it in the best-possible condition. It’s for this reason that OEMs issue their individual maintenance schedules that use various odometer milestones as reminders for when you should get certain maintenance done on the car. As it happens, a lot of damage done to […]
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When you’re experiencing serious car trouble, the best idea is always to go to a garage and let a professional mechanic take a look. Some people worry about this, however, because they are afraid of the mechanic discovering some major component that needs replacing or major repairs, and a major bill coming at the end […]
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Drivers of automatic transmission cars sometimes revel in the fact that the car they’re driving doesn’t have a clutch pedal. They’ll say, “Everything is easier when there’s no clutch.” Well, there’s certainly no clutch pedal in an automatic car, but there is still a clutch…you just can’t see it. The fact that you don’t interact […]
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For many decades, and even though automatic cars have long been widely available in the UK car market, manual transmission cars remained top dog…until November 2020. That was when it was first reported that for the first time ever, new automatic car sales in the UK were more than half of all car sales – […]
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The automatic car segment in the UK has long been a minority as most people have preferred to drive more efficient manual cars. In a country where petrol is so expensive and automatic technology relatively wasteful, that’s no surprise. On top of that, automatic cars were invariably slower in acceleration and lacked the performance pep. […]
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